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Posted in thread: Need Help With My Mead on 05-21-2013 at 01:28 AMIt has been 6 months, and I have decided to give my mead a taste. It is a mead and cider mix. I
smell the alcohol, but after tasting it, it tastes musky. Any thoughts?

Posted in thread: Question about Gravity readings on 12-30-2012 at 11:36 PMDoesn't sink to the bottom, but is just below the surface. In water I get 1 and in my beer
1.023. So looks like it is working.

Posted in thread: Help Please, not sure if I have carbonating bombs. on 12-30-2012 at 04:01 AMJust to answer multiple questions. A) Tastes Amazing, it was my first time brewing beer, my
last batch I made was mead, and it still fermenting, almost at 30 proof! =)B) I used corn sugar
to prime and...

Posted in thread: Help Please, not sure if I have carbonating bombs. on 12-30-2012 at 03:40 AMSo I have made a porter, it took 9 days to ferment. I say 9 because after day 7 it was reading
at a constant FG of 1.023. Now I added my priming sugar two days ago, and put them into
bottles. Two are ...

Posted in thread: Question about Gravity readings on 12-29-2012 at 08:58 PMWhat happens if the hydrometer completely sinks. What do you do for reading and what does it
mean?

Posted in thread: Brandy on 12-28-2012 at 06:47 PMSo, I mean if I add too much sugar it will just stall fermentation. Do I start at 1.30 for
gravity and gradually add in more sugar to the batch until it stops and assume it is then at
its alcohol tole...

Posted in thread: Question about Gravity readings on 12-28-2012 at 05:42 PMSo, I have been told that if I want to build a mead with heavy and copious amounts of sugar to
boost alcohol levels, to add it in gradually. That is all fine, and I have been doing that, but
curious. ...

Posted in thread: Brandy on 12-28-2012 at 05:40 PMThanks everyone!Yes I am not talking about distillation of the beverage but more of a wine.
Actually I think in its earliest forms, Brandy was not distilled. Will champagne yeast yield a
40 proof wine...